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Series Code: TDYL
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00:02 ♪ >> WELCOME BACK TO 3ABN "TODAY
00:11 LIVE," I HOPE YOU DIDN'T MISS THAT FIRST HOUR. 00:14 AND IF -- BUT IF YOU ARE JUST JOINING US FOR THE SECOND HOUR, 00:18 WE HAVE SOME MORE POWERFUL STATEMENTS ON EVANGELISM, 00:23 STORIES TO SHARE, AND ALL OF THAT. 00:25 RYAN, I THINK WE SHOULD REINTRODUCE OUR GUESTS. 00:28 >> YEAH, WE HAVE SPECIAL GUESTS HERE. 00:32 PASTOR WES PEPPER, DETECTOR OF EVANGELISM OF THE MICHIGAN 00:36 CONFERENCE, AND TO HIS RIGHT WE HAVE PASTOR ROYCE SNYMAN, AND OF 00:40 COURSE HE IS HE MINISTERIAL DIRECTOR OF THE MICHIGAN 00:44 CONFERENCE, AND NEXT TO HIM IS PASTOR DARRYL BENTLEY, THE 00:52 PASTOR OF THE METROPOLITAN SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH IN 00:55 DETROIT, MICHIGAN. >> BEFORE WE WENT TO BREAK, 00:58 GUYS, I TOLD YOU I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU A QUESTION. 01:01 THIS QUESTION IS GOING TO GO TO EACH ONE OF YOU. 01:04 WE WERE TALKING ABOUT EVANGELISM, AND HOW WE SHOULD BE 01:08 DOING SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY. 01:11 HOW HOUR MESSAGES SHOULD BE MORE CHRIST FOCUSED. 01:15 HOW DO YOU PREPARE YOUR SERMONS? >> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. 01:19 FOR ME PERSONALLY, YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS WANT GO -- FIRST TO SEE 01:24 WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS, AND, YOU KNOW, I WILL -- I WILL SEARCH 01:29 THE BIBLE ON THE SUBJECT THAT I'M PREACHING ON, AND THEN, YOU 01:33 KNOW, I WANT TO SEE, WELL, WHAT DOES JESUS SAY? 01:36 AND SO I SEARCH THE BIBLE BEFORE I SEARCH ANYTHING ELSE, AND THEN 01:41 I GO TO OTHER RESOURCES. BUT IT'S AN INTERESTING CONCEPT 01:45 HOW WE HAVE BEEN PREPARING YOUR EVANGELIST SERMONS FOR THE 01:50 SERIES JESUS ON PROPHECY, AND I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT 01:53 THAT, BUT I TRIED TO DO AN EXHAUSTIVE SEARCH WHENEVER I'M 01:58 PREACHING ON ANY PARTICULAR SUBJECT, AND IT'S AMAZING FOR 02:02 ME -- YOU KNOW, NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES I PREACH AN 02:06 EVANGELISTIC SERIES, NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES I PREACH A 02:10 CERTAIN TOPIC, EVERY TIME I PREACH IT, I LEARN SOMETHING 02:14 NEW. SO SOMETIMES GREATEST REVELATION 02:18 IS NOT ALWAYS IN THE STUDIES, BUT IN THE PRESENTING. 02:22 AND I THINK THAT'S A POWERFUL KEY FOR WITNESSING. 02:27 SOME PEOPLE SAY I CAN'T WITNESS, OR SHARE CHRIST, BECAUSE I FEEL 02:31 LIKE I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH, OR I CAN'T GIVE A BIBLE STUDY BECAUSE 02:35 OF THAT, BUT GOD REVEALS POWERFUL TRUTH WHEN WE'RE -SHARING AS MUCH AS WHEN WE'RE 02:43 PREPARING. >> WHAT ABOUT YOU PASTOR? 02:45 >> USING THE SAME TOOLS THAT PASTOR PEPPERS SPOKE OF. 02:51 I WOULD ADD ONE MORE, BEING ABLE TO SEE WHAT OTHER PEOPLE HAVE 02:55 SAID IN THE SAME DIRECTION. ON THE SAME SUBJECT, IN THE SAME 03:00 APPROACH. I REFERRED TO PRESCOTT EARIER. 03:03 THAT HAS BEEN VERY HELPFUL TO ME IN BEING ABLE TO THINK 03:07 DIFFERENTLY THAN THE WAY I HAVE BEEN THINKING FOR SO LONG. 03:11 AND TO BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT SOMEBODY ELSE HAS DONE IN THEIR 03:15 THINKING PROCESS ALONG WITH THE SAME TOOLS, THAT PERSONAL 03:18 CONNECTION WITH TH LORD, PRAYER, THE STUDY OF THE WORD, 03:22 ALL OF THOSE ARE VERY HELPFUL, BUT THAT IS ONE THING I WOULD 03:26 ADD. >> I GUESS WHEN I THINK ABOUT 03:29 SERMON PREPARATION, SOMETHING THAT IS ESSENTIAL FOR ME IS 03:33 MAKING SURE THAT WE FOLLOW GOOD PRINCIPALS OF ACTS OF JESUS. 03:37 OF COURSE LETTING THE TEXT SPEAK TO US. 03:41 YOU READ INTO THE TEXT. WE DON'T NEED [ INAUDIBLE ] OF 03:46 JESUS. BUT JUST DOING GOOD BIBLICAL 03:49 ACTS OF JESUS. LETTING THE TEXT DO THE 03:52 SPEAKING. AND WHILE PERFORMING THAT 03:55 BIBLICAL ACT OF JESUS, FOLLOWING A BIBLICAL HARMNUDIC. 04:07 RIGHT? I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M 04:11 FOLLOWING THAT? IT'S NICE TO HAVE GOOD STORIES, 04:14 BUT IF I'M JUST SPEWING MY IDEAS ON PEOPLE, WHAT HAVE I REALLY 04:19 GIVEN THEM? NO MEAT. 04:21 NO SUBSTANCE. IT'S THE WORD OF GOD THAT IS 04:25 LIVING AN ACT -- OR LIVING AND POWERFUL. 04:28 IT'S THE WORD OF GOD THAT HAS THE ABILITY TO TRANSFORM MY 04:32 LIFE, NOT JUST MY WORDS. SO IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ME TO MAKE 04:36 SURE THAT I'M REALLY MILKING, FOR LACK OF A BETER WORD, JUST 04:43 GETTING AS MUCH OUT OF THE TEXT AS I CAN. 04:49 >> I THINK ONE OF THE PERVADING THINGS IN OUR WORLD TODAY WHEN 04:53 IT COMES TO BIBLE STUDY IS THAT THE CULTURE IS PLAYING A HUGE 04:58 WAY -- OR HUGE PIECE IN A LOT OF CHURCHES, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE'S 05:02 IDEA ON HOW WE ACTUALLY INTERPRET THE BIBLE. 05:05 >> THAT'S TRUE. >> SO WE WANT TO BE CAREFUL THAT-WE'RE NOT LETTING OUR CURRENT 05:11 CULTURE GIVE US A PARTICULAR LENS IN WHICH WE'RE SEEING THE 05:14 BIBLE THROUGH, BUT THAT THE PRINCIPLES OF THE BIBLE SPEAK TO 05:19 EVERY GENERATION, TO EVERY TIME PERIOD. 05:23 SOMETIMES I THINK PEOPLE THINK GOD MUST BE SURPRISED BY WHAT IS 05:26 GOING ON IN THE WORLD. NOTHING SURPRISES GOD. 05:30 HE KNEW EXACTLY WHAT WOULD BE HAPPENING IN OUR WORLD TODAY. 05:34 AND THOSE SAME PRINCIPLES APPLY NOW JUST LIKE THEY DID THEN. 05:40 AND OUR WORLD CHURCH HAS PUT OUT A DOCUMENT CALLED METHODS OF 05:45 BIBLE STUDY. AND IT'S A WONDERFUL TOOL FOR 05:48 ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO STUDY THE BIBLE MORE DEEPLY, AND 05:53 INTERPRETING SCRIPTURE AND UNDERSTANDING HOW CULTURE PLAYS 05:56 A ROLE INTO UNDERSTANDING SCRIPTURE, SO I WOULD RECOMMEND 06:00 THAT TO SOME OF OUR VIEWERS HERE TONIGHT. 06:03 >> AMEN. >> THERE IS NOTHING NEW UNDER 06:05 THE SUN. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 06:07 [ LAUGHTER ] >> HOW DO I TELL YOU WHAT 06:09 EVERYBODY HAS ALREADY HEARD IN A WAY THAT CONNECTS AND IS 06:12 INTERESTING AND ENGAGING AND TRANSFORMATIVE. 06:16 >> WE WANT THE TEXTS TO SPEAK TO US, AND WHEN THE TEXT REVEALS 06:21 THE TRUTH THERE, THEN THAT TRUTH NEEDS TO IMPACT THE CULTURE, 06:26 RATHER THAN US LETTING THE CULTURE IMPACT THE TRUTH. 06:30 >> I'M SO GLAD YOU SAID THAT. BECAUSE IT IS VERY FLIP FLOPPED. 06:38 >> ABSOLUTELY. WE DON'T NEED TO PUT OUR OWN 06:41 IDEAS INTO IT, OR OUR OWN TWIST ON IT. 06:44 IT WILL SPEAK FOR ITSELF. IT'S VERY CLEAR. 06:47 AND ELLEN WHITE SAYS STOP PUTTING YOUR OWN IDEAS TO IT, 06:51 JUST LET IT SAY WHAT IT SAYS. >> A SIMPLE THUS SAITH THE LORD. 06:59 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> CULTURE IS IMPORTANT, SO WHAT 07:02 ROLE DOES CULTURE PLAY? CULTURE REALLY JUST TELL US THE 07:08 LENS TO WHICH PEOPLE IN THEIR DAY SAW THINGS. 07:12 THE REASON JESUS USED AGRICULTURAL EXAMPLES IS BECAUSE 07:15 THAT'S WHAT THEY RELATED TO. IT DOESN'T MEAN I HAVE TO BE A 07:20 FARMER. PRAISE GOD FOR ME. 07:25 BECAUSE I CAN KILL SILK PLANTS. [ LAUGHTER ] 07:29 >> AND CULTURE TO ME, PLAYS INTO IT IN LETTING ME KNOW HOW I CAN 07:35 RELATE TO MY PEOPLE. IN THE DETROIT AREA, OF COURSE 07:38 WE'RE THE BIG THREE AUTO MAKERS DOWN THERE, SO I CAN THAT IN, 07:44 RELATE TO ENGINEERS, I'M RELATING TO MY CULTURE, WITHOUT 07:49 ALLOWING CULTURE TO MANDATE OR DICTATE BIBLICAL TEXT. 07:57 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> BEFORE WE GO DEEPER, WE'RE 08:00 GOING TO BE BLESSED BY ANTHER SONG FROM PAM LISTER. 08:04 AND IT'S ENTITLED "HE GREW THE TREE." 08:07 ♪ >> AMEN. 12:03 THANK YOU SO MUCH, PAM. THAT WAS A BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL 12:07 SONG. SO LET'S JUST ADDRESS THE 12:09 QUESTION OF THE HOUR. JESUS ON PROPHECY. 12:11 WHAT IS IT? WHEN IS IT? 12:13 LET'S JUSTEN PACK THIS INCREDIBLE EVANGELISTIC 12:17 OPPORTUNITY THAT'S COMING UP. >> ABSOLUTELY. 12:19 WELL, AS WE MENTIONED IN THE FIRST HOUR, WE HAVE THE 12:24 EVANGELISM CYCLE, THOSE FIVE PHASES, AND WE THAT FOURTH 12:27 PHASE, WHICH IS THE HARVESTING. SO JESUS ON PROPHECY IS REALLY A 12:33 HARVESTING EFFORT IN OUR CONFERENCE, IN THE MICHIGAN 12:37 CONFERENCE. SO IT IS GOING TO BE A 12:40 CONFERENCE WIDE EVANGELISTIC SERIES. 12:44 IT STARTS SEPTEMBER 23RDRD. AND THE WEBSITE IS 12:57 JESUSONPROPHECY.COM, OR DOT-ORG. THE WEBSITE SHOULD BE UP VERY 13:03 SOON. SO A LOT OF OUR CHURCHES ALAYS 13:05 DO EVANGELISTIC SERIES, THEY AR WONDERFUL. 13:08 BUT WE REALIZED THE IMPORTANCE OF, AND THE EXCITEMENT OF A 13:14 CONFERENCE-WIDE SERIES, WHERE, YOU KNOW, CHURCHES CAN JOIN 13:21 TOGETHER, AND IT JUST REALLY GETS THEM ON FIRE, BECAUSE THEY 13:25 CAN SEE THE SAME THING HAPPENING HERE IS HAPPENING ALL ACROSS THE 13:29 STATE. WE HAVE HAD A NUMBER OF CHURCHES 13:31 OUT OF OUR CONFERENCE ASK TO JOIN, SO WE HAVE SOME CHURCHES 13:35 IN COLORADO AND OREGON AND OTHER PLACES -- WISCONSIN -- THAT ARE 13:39 GOING TO BE JOINING IN, AND A NUMBER OF OTHER PLACES, SO WE'RE 13:44 NOT HOLDING BACK FROM KEEPING IT IN MICHIGAN, IF OTHERS WANT TO 13:47 BE INVOLVED, WE'RE GLAD FOR THAT. 13:50 SO WE HAVE A WEBSITE THAT WILL BE UP AS I MENTIONED, BUT ON 13:55 THAT WEBSITE, PEOPLE CAN TYPE IN THEIR ADDRESS, OR THEIR ZIP CODE 14:00 AND FIND A SITE THAT IS CLOSEST TO THEM. 14:03 SO ALL OF THE SITES WILL BE UP LOADED AND THEY CAN PREREGISTER 14:08 AS A GUEST FROM THE COMMUNITY. AND WE HAVE A SPECIAL GIFT DVD 14:13 WE'LL BE GIVING THEM AS WELL. SO ONCE AGAIN, SEPTEMBER 23RD, 14:18 AND IT WILL BE YOUR TYPICAL EVANGELISTIC SERIES, BUT WITH 14:21 THIS SPECIFIC SPIN ON IT. SO WE'RE NOT DOING ANY DIFFERENT 14:26 TOPICS, BUT PUTTING THAT RIGHTEOUSNESS BY FAITH EMPHASIS 14:29 ON IT. AND WHY DON'T YOU TALK ABOUT 14:31 SOME OF THE ADVERTISING THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING. 14:34 >> OH, YES. >> THAT IS THE VALUE OF WORKING 14:38 TOGETHER, BEING ABLE TO BRING THAT SYNERGY IN, TOGETHER WITH 14:43 THAT FINANCIAL BENEFIT OF ALL OF US WORKING TOGETHER. 14:46 PASTOR BENTLEY, YOU DOWN IN YOUR CHURCH, YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO PUT 14:51 BILLBOARDS FOR YOUR MEETINGS ALL OVER THE STAE -- 14:54 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> BUT WE CAN WHEN WE ALL WORK 14:58 TOGETHER. AND BILL BOARDS ONE OF THOSE 15:00 WAYS THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT. 15:02 WE'RE ALSO USING GLOW TRACKS. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO 15:05 MENTION THAT NOW OR NOT -- >> WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT. 15:08 >> OKAY.-WE'LL COME BACK. WE'RE USING THOSE KINDS OF TOOLS 15:12 TO BE ABLE TO GET THE WORD OUT, AND, YOU KNOW, MAILINGS, OF 15:18 COURSE ARE A CENTRAL PART OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING, 15:22 AND WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THAT AS WELL, SO THOSE ARE 15:25 SOME OF THE WAYS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE GETTING THE WORD 15:29 OUT. BUT MOST IMPORTANT, WORD OF 15:30 MOUTH. INVITING OUR FRIENDS. 15:32 >> ABSOLUTELY. >> ONE OF THE EXCITING THINGS 15:35 ABOUT THE CONFERENCE-WIDE ADVERTISING IS WE HAVE BILL 15:39 BOARDS, INTERNET, SOCIAL MEDIA, RADIO, NEWSPAPER, OF COURSE THE 15:44 MAILING OF HAND BILLS AND WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT. 15:48 BUT WHAT IS SO EXCITING IS THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT 15:51 TRAVEL ALL OVER THE STATE. WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT GO UP NORTH 15:55 FOR VACATION, AND THEY START TO SEE THESE BILLBOARDS. 15:59 AND THEY'LL LOOK UP AND SEE ONE, AND THEN HALFWAY ACROSS THE 16:03 STATE THEY SEE ANOTHER ONE. AND THEY THINK WOW, WHY WOULD 16:09 THERE BE ANOTHER ONE THIS FAR AWAY. 16:12 AND THEN MAYBE THEY HEAR AN AD ON THE RADIO OR SEE IT ON 16:17 FACEBOOK, AND THEY SAY, I KEEP SEEING THIS, WHAT IS THIS ALL 16:22 ABOUT. REPETITION DEEPENS IMPRESSION. 16:26 >> OH, YEAH. >> AND THEN AS IT GETS CLOSER TO 16:30 THE SERIES, THEY ARE GOING TO GET THAT HANDBILL IN THE MAIL 16:34 AND THEY ARE GOING TO SAY, MAN, I KNOW THIS. 16:38 OF COURSE IF THEY GO TO THE WEBSITE, THEY'LL GET THAT 16:42 INFORMATION AS WELL. SO REALLY, WE WANT TO BLAST THEM 16:44 WITH ALL OF THIS ADVERTISING -- THESE DIFFERENT 16:47 AVENUES OF ADVERTISING, BECAUSE IF PEOPLE SEE IT ONCE, THEY GET 16:54 BOMB BARRED WITH SO MUCH TODAY, THEY SEE IT ONCE, AND THE NEXT 17:03 SECOND IT IS OUT OF THEIR MIND AND THEY FORGET ABOUT IT. 17:12 BUT WITH MULTIPLE AVENUES, THEY WILL REMEMBER IT. 17:16 >> I JUST WANT TO SAY, ALL OF THE FOLKS WHO ARE WATCHING THIS 17:26 SHOW, WHERE I WAS TRAINED, WE CALLED IT A MULTIPLE POINT 17:32 SYSTEM. AND IT'S AMAZING HOW INCREDIBLY 17:36 POWERFUL THIS METHOD IS, BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE HAVE THE 17:40 MENTALITY -- OH, I'LL JUST GIVE THEM A HANDBILL, OR JUST MAYBE A 17:45 VERBAL, ONETIME INVITATION, AND I HAVE DONE MY PART. 17:50 WE WERE IN SACRAMENTO DOING A SERIES, AND MY CLASS, WENT OUT, 17:55 AND WE DID WORD OF MOUTH, DOOR KNOCKING, HANDBILLS, AND 17:59 SOMETIMES MANY OF THESE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY RECEIVED 18:02 SOMETIMES TWO, THREE INVITATIONS BUT IT WASN'T UNTIL THAT FOURTH 18:07 ONE, OR MAYBE THEY RECEIVED ONE, BUT IT WASN'T UNTIL THE SECOND 18:12 INVITATION THAT THEY TOOK IT SERIOUS, AND THEY SAID, MAYBE 18:15 THIS IS A SIGN. SOME PEOPLE ARE SUPERSTITIOUS 18:19 LIKE THAT, THAT THIS MUST BE A SIGN THAT I'M SUPPOSED TO GO TO 18:25 THIS. SO I ENCOURAGE YOU IN YOUR 18:28 EFFORTS. IT DOES WORK. 18:29 >> AND WORD OF MOUTH COMPONENT -- I USED TO WORK AT A 18:35 RESTAURANT THAT HAD BEEN AROUND SINCE 1945. 18:37 THEY DIDN'T DO TELEVISION ADS. THERE HAS BEEN PRESIDENTS THAT 18:41 HAVE ATTENDED THERE, ACTORS, ACTRESSES, ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE. 18:46 IT'S A STAPLE SINCE 1945. WORD OF MOUTH. 18:51 WE'RE QUICK TO TELL PEOPLE ABOUT A MOVIE THAT WE SAW, OR SOME 18:55 KIND OF FOOD -- I TELL PEOPLE ABOUT FOOD I HAVE HAD ALL THE 19:00 TIME. >> YOU WERE TELLING US BEFORE 19:02 THE PROGRAM -- >> SEE, YOU JUST CONFIRMED IT. 19:05 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> WORD OF MOUTH IS POWERFUL. 19:08 >> IT IS. AND WE HAVE A NUMBER OF THINGS 19:10 THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE SHARING HERE, BUT I THINK IT'S VERY 19:15 ESSENTIAL THAT PEOPLE FEEL A PART OF SHARING THAT -- THAT 19:18 PEOPLE GET OUT THERE. BECAUSE THE VERY BEST PEOPLE 19:21 THAT COME TO OUR MEETINGS ARE THOSE THAT OTHERS HAVE INVITED, 19:25 SO THAT'S VERY CRUCIAL. AND, YOU KNOW, THE PUBLIC 19:28 ADVERTISING DOES STILL WORK, AND SOME PEOPLE SAY, YEAH, BUT WE 19:33 MAILED OUT 10,000 HANDBILLS, AND WE ONLY GET ABOUT 10, OR 12 19:39 PEOPLE, AND THE REALITY IS, FOR EVERY THOUSAND HANDBILLS YOU 19:45 MAIL, YOU WILL GET ONE TO TWO PEOPLE, BUT THAT'S TRUE IN ALL 19:49 PHASES OF MARKETING. AND IT'S STILL PROVEN ON THE 19:52 PUBLIC SIDE OF EVANGELISM, THOSE HANDBILLS ARE STILL THE NUMBER 19:56 ONE THING THAT BRINGS PEOPLE TO THE MEETINGS. 19:59 AND I REMEMBER A STORY ONCE ABOUT A GUY THAT CAME TO MY 20:03 MEETINGS, AND HE TOLD ME THAT HE WAS WALKING THROUGH THE POST 20:06 OFFICE AND HE GOT HIS MAIL AND HE WAS HEADING OUT THE DOOR AND 20:10 HE HAD THIS PIECE OF PAPER STUCK TO HIS FOOT, AND HE KEPT SHAKING 20:16 HIS FOOT AND IT WOULDN'T COME OFF. 20:18 AND FINALLY HE REACHED OUT AND RIPPED THAT THING OFF, AND HE 20:22 LOOKED AT IT, AND IT WAS A HANDBILL TO THE MEETING. 20:26 AND HE BECAME INTERESTED AND HE WENT. 20:28 ANOTHER STORY IN UKRAINE, THERE WAS A GIRL THAT WAS WALKING 20:32 ALONG THE STREET, AND WE HAD BILLBOARDS THERE AS WELL. 20:35 AND SHE WAS VERY DISCOURAGED. SHE WAS ONLY ABOUT 14, 15 YEARS 20:40 OLE. VERY DISCOURAGED AND SAD ABOUT 20:43 OUR LIFE. SHE WAS QUESTIONING IF GOD EVEN 20:45 REALLY CARED ABOUT HER, AND SHE SAID GOD, IF YOU CARE ABOUT ME 20:49 AND IFYOU LOVE ME, IF YOU HAVE A PLAN FOR MY LIFE, I NEED YOU 20:53 TO SHOW ME A REALLY BIG SIGN AND AS SOON AS SHE PRAYED THAT 20:59 PRAYER, SHE LOOKED UP AND RIGHT THERE IS THE BILLBOARD. 21:03 AND SHE SAID, GOD IF THIS IS MEANT FOR ME, I NEED ANOTHER 21:06 SIGN, AND SHE LOOKED OVER IN THE TRASH CAN AND SHE SAW RO 21:12 RORO ROYED -- WADDED UP, AND SHE 21:20 PULLED IT OUT AND IT WAS ONE OF THE HANDBILLS. 21:23 SO THESE THINGS STILL WORK. MANY PEOPLE THINK THEY DON'T 21:26 WORK, AND IT'S JUST A MARKETING AVENUE THAT -- IT DOESN'T MATTER 21:30 IF IT'S A CONCERT OR WHATEVER IT IS, THE MARKETING IS THE SAME, 21:35 BUT IT STILL DOES BRING PEOPLE. >> I WOULD EVEN GO FAR AS TO SAY 21:38 IT SAVES LIVES. THE FIRST EVANGELISTIC SERIES 21:41 THAT I DID, WHEN YOU GO THROUGH SOUTHERN ANDREWS OR DIFFERENT 21:45 PLACES, YOU'LL DO A FIELD SCHOOL OF EVANGELISM. 21:48 I WAS IN CAMDEN, SOUTH DAKOTA, AND THERE WAS A LADY WHO HAD 21:53 BEEN INVOLVED IN A MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT, LOST ONE OF HER LEGS, 21:58 AND JUST DEALING WITH THAT SITUATION, BROUGHT ON 22:02 DEPRESSION, AND DEPRESSION ELIMINATES HOPE. 22:04 SHE STARTED FEELING DESPAIR, AND SHE WAS AT THE POINT OF 22:10 CONTEMPLATING TAKING HER LIFE, AND SHE WAS THINKING ABOUT HOW 22:15 SHE SHOULD TAKE HER LIFE, AND THE HANDBILL FOR THAT SERIES 22:19 CAME. AND SHE SAID, I'M GOING TO GIVE 22:21 GOD ONE MORE CHANCE AND SEE IF LIFE HAS SOME VALUE, IF LIFE IS 22:26 REALLY WORTH LIVING, SHE CAME TO THE SERIES, AND BY GOD'S GRACE, 22:31 WE WERE ABLE TO BAPTIZE HER, AND SHE BECAME A MEMBER OF THAT 22:35 CHURCH. I DON'T KNOW IF SHE IS STILL 22:37 THERE. I HAVE MOVED ON, BUT IF THAT 22:39 HANDBILL SAVED A LIFE, HANDBILLS ARE IMPORTANT. 22:42 >> THAT'S RIGHT. I REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE YOU 22:45 GUYS SPEAKING ON THAT. I'M HEARING MORE AND MORE 22:48 PASTORS AND CONFERENCE OFFICIALS THAT ARE CONTEMPLATING THE IDEAS 22:53 OF TRYING TO SAVE MONEY, SAYING MAYBE HANDBILLS ARE A LITTLE 22:58 OUTDATES, MAYBE THEY ARE NOT REALLY WORTH THE PRICE, BUT I 23:01 HAVE TO ECHO WHAT YOU ARE SAYING, THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY 23:05 PEOPLE THAT HAVE COME TO MY EVANGELISTIC SERIES OVER THE 23:09 YEARS, THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE, AND ON NIGHT ONE, I WOULD ALWAYS ASK 23:13 FOR A RAISE OF HANDS HOW MANY OF YOU ARE HEAR TONIGHT BECAUSE YOU 23:18 RECEIVED ONE OF THESE IN THE MAIL? 23:23 NEARLY 90% OF THE PEOPLE IN THE ROOM WOULD RAISE THEIR HAND. 23:26 SO I JUST PRAISE GOD FOR THE RESOURCES AND THE PAYABILITY TO 23:30 MAIL OUT HOSE THINGS. AND TALKING ABOUT THE TRASH CAN 23:34 THING, I HAVE HEARD SO MANY STORIES OF EVEN HOMELESS PEOPLE, 23:39 PEOPLE WHO DON'T EVEN HAVE A MAILING ADDRESS, WHO PULL THAT 23:43 OUT OF THE TRASH CAN AND THEY SHOWED UP, AND THEIR LIFE HAS 23:49 CHANGED. >> I THINK THAT REALLY SPEAKS TO-pHOW BAD GOD WANTS TO GET AHOLD 23:55 OF US AND SAVE OUR LIVES. >> YOU KNOW, I -- I THINK THAT 23:59 WE ALL WANT TO SAVE MONEY. WE ALL UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE 24:03 OF PERSONAL INVITATION. WE ALL GET THAT. 24:06 >> SURE. >> BUT WHEN WE REMEMBER THE 24:09 CYCLE, THE GROWTH CYCLE, AND THIS IS ONE PIECE OF THAT CYCLE, 24:13 THE OTHER PIECES ARE PART OF IT, AND WE DON'T WANT TO DIMINISH 24:19 ANY PART THAT BRINGS ABOUT A RESULT. 24:21 >> SURE. >> AND THIS IS AN -- AN 24:25 EFFECTIVE AND IMPORTANT PART OF GETTING PEOPLE TO COME TO THAT 24:29 HARVEST PHASE. YES, IF YOU ARE DOING ALL OF THE 24:32 OTHER PIECES, THERE WILL BE PEOPLE THAT WILL COME BECAUSE OF 24:35 EACH ONE OF THOSE PARTS OF THE PROCESS, BUT THERE ARE PEOPLE 24:39 YOU WILL NOT MEET -- YOU SAID, DEB WOULD NEVER HAVE COME -- 24:43 >> THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. >> -- SHE NEVER WOULD HAVE COME 24:47 IF SHE HADN'T GOTTEN ALL OF THOSE BROCHURES IN THE MAIL, AND 24:51 WE CAN'T ALLOW THAT TO GO. WE STARTED GOING DOWN THAT ROAD 24:55 IN MICHIGAN A FEW YEARS AGO, AND SAYING WE'RE GOING TO CUT BACK 25:00 ON BROCHURES AND PUT OUR EMPHASIS ON BIBLE WORKERS. 25:04 AND IT DIDN'T BRING ABOUT WHAT WE EXPECTED. 25:07 WE STILL FIND THE VALE IN THAT BROCHURE ALONG WITH THE REST OF 25:10 THE CYCLE. >> AMEN. 25:12 >> I THINK IT'S WORTH SAYING TOO, WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT 25:16 PUBLIC EVANGELISM, AND THE IMPORTANCE OF IT, BUT WE'RE NOT 25:20 SAYING IT IS IMPORTANT TO DO THAT ABOVE THE OTHER. 25:23 IT'S IMPORTANT TO DO THAT WITH THE OTHER. 25:27 AND WHEN WE DO THE FULL CYCLE, WE HAVE THE PERSONAL EVANGELISM, 25:31 THE PERSONAL INVITATION, THE PUBLIC EVANGELISM, THE PUBLIC 25:35 ADVERTISING, WE'RE GOING THROUGH THAT CYCLE, THAT'S WHERE THE 25:38 REAL POWER IS. SOME PEOPLE SAY, WE DON'T NEED, 25:42 YOU KNOW, HANDBILLS WHEN WE HAVE-RELATIONSHIPS. I WOULD AGREE WE NEED 25:49 RELATIONSHIPS. WE NEED TO ESTABLISH THOSE AND 25:51 BUILD THOS, BUT YOU ARE ONLY GOING TO GET A CERTAIN NUMBER OF 25:54 PEOPLE AND A CERTAIN TYPE OF PEOPLE FROM EACH PIECE. 25:58 THAT'S WHY YOU NEED ALL OF THE PIECES, BECAUSE YOU ARE GOING TO 26:01 GET THE WIDEST VARIETY OF PEOPLE. 26:03 AND OF COURSE WHEN WE MAIL A HANDBILL AND SOMEONE COMES INTO 26:07 THE CHURCH FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME AND THEY KNOW NO ONE THERE, 26:12 THAT'S THE TIME TO START BUILDING THAT RELATIONSHIP AND 26:15 REACH OUT TO THAT PERSON FROM THE VERY FIRST NIGHT. 26:18 AND IF WE DO THAT, WE'RE GOING TO USE ALL OF THOSE PIECS. 26:22 SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND THAT. 26:26 >> WAS ONE LAST THING I WANT TO THROW IN THERE. 26:31 AS A WORLD CHURCH, THERE IS A PUSH FOR TOTAL MEMBER 26:36 INVOLVEMENT. THAT'S THE IDEAL. 26:38 THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO SEE. BUT THE REALITY IS NOT EVERYBODY 26:42 WILL. RIGHT? 26:43 AND I DON'T WANT TO LOSE THAT AVENUE OF REACHING INTO A HOME 26:47 AND EXTENDING AN INVITATION -- LET'S JUST SAY OUT 26:52 OF A CHURCH OF 200, I HAVE 50 THAT AREN'T INVITING ANYBODY. 26:59 WELL, THE HANDBILL HELP MAKE UP FOR THAT LACK OF MEMBER 27:03 INVOLVEMENT. AND IT ALL WORKS TOGETHER TO 27:05 MAKE A COHESIVE PLAN, AND TO ELIMINATE THE HANDBILL, I'M 27:09 CUTTING MYSELF OFF FROM THAT AVENUE OF REACH. 27:11 >> AND I JUST WANT TO SAY IN A GENERAL PERSPECTIVE HERE, I 27:15 REMEMBER -- I WOULD ALWAYS HAVE AN ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING BEFORE 27:18 GOING INTO A SERIES, AND I WOULD REMIND THE CHURCH THAT, YOU 27:23 KNOW, I'M HER FIRST TO CONVERT THESE PEOPLE TO JESUS CHRIST, 27:27 NOT TO BECOME A SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST. 27:30 OF COURSE WE WANT THEM TO BECOME A SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST. 27:32 BUT OUR FIRST AND -- AND OUR FIRST -- AND MOST IMPORTANT TASK 27:37 IS TO BRING THM AND INTRODUCE THEM TO JESUS, BECAUSE, YOU 27:41 KNOW, THAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING, AND I APPRECIATE 27:44 EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE SAID, BECAUSE ALL THAT WE'RE TALKING 27:47 ABOUT HERE IS ALL ABOUT CHRIST. IT'S JESUS ON PROPHECY, IT'S 27:51 CHRIST CENTERED, CHRIST FOCUSED, AND HOW CAN WE HAVE GOOD VITAL 27:57 CHURCH MEMBERS THAT ARE WALKING IN THE FAITH OF CHRIST, IF WE 28:01 HAVEN'T FIRST INTRODUCED THEM TO JESUS CHRIST, AND CONVERTED THEM 28:05 TO CHRIST. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 28:07 WE WANT TO SEE THEM RECEIVE CHRIST. 28:09 AND CHRIST ALONE HAS THE POWER TO CHANGE THEIR LIVES. 28:12 >> AMEN. >> CHRIST ALONE PAID THE PENALTY 28:17 FOR THEIR SIN. SO WHEN THEY ARE INTRODUCED TO 28:20 THE SAVIOR, HE MAKES THAT TRANSFORMATION IN THEIR LIFE, 28:24 AND THEN THEY ARE READY TO SAY, LORD, I WILL FOLLOW YOU 28:31 ANYWHERE. SO WE WANT THEM TO HAVE THAT 28:33 TRANSFORMING POWER THAT ONLY THE GOSPEL CAN BRING. 28:36 >> UH-HUH. >> BUT ONCE THEY HAVE THAT 28:39 TRANSFORMATION, THEN THEY ARE GOING TO SAY, WELL, NOW WHAT? 28:43 THEN WE HAVE THESE BEAUTIFUL TRUTHS THAT ARE REVEALED IN 28:47 SCRIPTURE, AND WHEN A BEGINNING TO STUDY THE BIBLE -- IF A 28:50 PERSON STUDIES THE BIBLE SINCERELY AND HONESTLY, THEY 28:56 WILL FIND THEMSELVES IN THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH. 28:58 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> THEY WILL FIND THE CHURCH 29:02 THAT TEACHES THOSE TRUTHS, AND THEY WILL BE DRAWN TO THE 29:08 ADVENTIST CHURCH, ESPECIALLY IF THEY STUDY AND UNDERSTAND THE 29:12 BOOK OF REVELATION. >> ABSOLUTELY. 29:15 >> AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO BRING OUT IN JESUS ON PROPHECY. 29:20 WE DON'T WANT TO JUST JUMP TO THE PROPHECIES WITHOUT REVEALING 29:26 CHRIST. BUT ONCE THE SCRIPTURES HAVE 29:31 REVEALED CHRIST, THEN WE WANT THEM TO SEE THOSE BEAUTIFUL 29:37 TRUTHS. SO WE HAVE DONE A LOT OF THINGS 29:40 IN PREPARATION FOR JESUS ON PROPHECY. 29:42 THERE ARE THINGS WE'LL BE DOING NOW. 29:45 IT'S NOT JUST THAT WE'RE HAVING THIS GREAT EVENT ON SEPTEMBER 29:49 23RD, BUT OUR CHURCHES ARE PREPARING. 29:52 THEY ARE GOING THROUGH REVIVAL STUDIES. 29:55 THEY ARE GIVING BIBL STUDIES. THEY ARE SHARING LITERATURE, 29:59 GLOW TRACKS AND OTHER BOOKS AND THINGS. 30:02 AND THEY ARE PREPARING THAT SOIL FOR THAT HARVEST. 30:05 THEY ARE PLANTING THE SEED. THEY ARE CULTIVATING, AND THEN 30:13 WE'LL BE READY TO HAVE THAT HARVEST. 30:16 >> WHAT ARE SOME OF THE SERMON TITLES? 30:20 >> YEAH, WE HAVE A COMMITTEE OF PASTORS THAT HAVE COME TOGETHER 30:25 THAT THE LORD HAS PRAYERFULLY PUT TOGETHER. 30:29 AND WE HAVE HAD SOME PRETTY LIVELY DISCUSSIONS. 30:33 [ LAUGHTER ] >> WE SPENT SEVERAL MEETINGS 30:34 TALKING ABOUT WHAT TOPICS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE, AND THEN WHAT ARE 30:41 THE TITLES GOING TO BE? AND WE CAME UP WITH SOME VERY 30:47 INTERESTING ONES. BUT THE EMPHASIS IS JESUS ON. 30:51 FOR INSTANCE, THE SABBATH TOPIC, WHICH IS ABOUT NIGHT 12 OR 13 IN 30:55 OUR SERIES. JESUS ON RELIGIOUS TRADITION. 30:59 >> THAT SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD -MESSAGE. >> WHAT ABOUT JESUS ON -- YOU 31:04 KNOW, YOU KNOW, CHRISTIAN STANDARDS. 31:10 JESUS ON COUNTER CULTURE LIVING. SOME OF THE OTHER ONES ELDER? 31:16 >> WELL, YOU KNOW, WE LOOKED AT REVELATION, IN RELATIONSHIP TO 31:23 SANCTIFICATION AND THAT WHOLE PROCESS, AND FINDING IN 31:28 REVELATION THE OVERCOMERS THAT ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF THAT 31:32 SANCTIFICATION PROCESS. WHAT WAS THE TITLE? 31:34 >> YEAH, IT'S CALLED JESUS ON LIVING ABOVE HYPOCRISY. 31:40 >> OH, NICE. >> WHICH I THINK IS POWERFUL. 31:44 BECAUSE THAT'S A HUGE ISSUE IN OUR SOCIETY TODAY. 31:48 HYPOCRISY, AND THOSE SAYING ONE THING, AND DOING ANOTHER. 31:51 WELL, WE WANT TO HELP PEOPLE REALIZE THAT THE BIBLE CAN GIVE 31:55 THEM THE POWER TO LIVE ABOVE THAT HYPOCRISY. 32:00 >> WE HAD ONE OR TWO MORE, CAN YOU THINK -- 32:04 >> THERE ARE SOME I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE REJECTED. 32:10 [ LAUGHTER ] >> I'M NOT GOING TO MUDDY THE 32:15 WATERS WITH WHAT WE REJECTED. BUT WHEN HE CAME INTO THIS, IT 32:25 WAS SUCH A SWEET SPIRIT. NOBODY CAME TO THE TABLE WITH A 32:28 SPIRIT OF ARROGANCE, OR, YOU KNOW, I NEE TO BE PRESSING THIS 32:31 OR THAT, AND I HAVE REALLY APPRECIATED WORKING WITH PASTOR 32:36 WES, BECAUSE EVEN AS OUR DIRECTOR FOR EVANGELISM, HE SAYS 32:41 I WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU. I'M NOT HEAR JUST TO DICTATE OR 32:48 MANDATE, WHAT ARE YOUR IDEAS? AND EVEN AS THE SERMON 32:53 MANUSCRIPTS HAVE BEEN WRITTEN -- I DON'T KNOW IF YOU 32:56 WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT PROCESS, BUT IT'S FUN, SCARY -- 33:01 [ LAUGHTER ] . 33:02 >> YOU KNOW, AND NERVE-RACKING A LITTLE BIT. 33:04 BECAUSE WE DIVIDED UP THE TOPICS AND THEN WE BRING THE MANUSCRIPT 33:08 BACK AND EVERYBODY READS THROUGH IT, AND BASICALLY SAYS, MAYBE 33:12 THIS, MAYBE THIS, AND WE MAKE SUGGESTIONS AND EDITS, AND IT 33:17 HAS JUST BEEN -- I LOVE THE SPIRIT. 33:19 WHEN WE COME TOGETHER, IT'S A SPIRITUAL FEAST. 33:22 IT'S A LOT OF WORK. IT'S A LOT OF TIME. 33:25 BUT IT'S ALSO A SPIRITUAL FEAST, BECAUSE WE ARE JUST UPLIFTING 33:29 EACH OTHER, AND WE HAVE THAT OPEN SPIRIT WHEN IT COMES TO 33:32 CRITICAL, YOU KNOW, CHANGES THAT ARE GOING TO BE MADE. 33:35 >> I'M GOING TO MISS ALL OF THESE GUYS WHEN WE GET DONE WITH 33:40 THIS, BECAUSE I NEED THEM TO HELP ME WITH MY SERMONS IN THE 33:45 FUTURE. >> WE HAVE GIVEN THEM THE 33:48 FREEDOM TO SPEAK OPENLY AND FREELY. 33:51 AND THERE HAS BEEN TIMES THAT SOME OF THE GUYS SAY, THEY WANT 33:55 TO SAY THIS, AND I SAY THERE'S NO WAY. 33:58 AND THEN HAVE BEEN TIMES I HAVE SAID THINGS, AND THE REST OF THE 34:03 COMMITTEE SAYS NO WAY. I CHAIR THE COMMITTEE, BUT I 34:06 VIEW IT AS A TEAM EFFORT AND THE LORD AS OUR CAPTAIN. 34:11 SO EVERY SERMON HAS THIS RIGHTEOUSNESS BY FAITH EMPHASIS. 34:16 >> PRAISE GOD. >> YOU LOOK AT THE LIST OF OUR 34:19 TOPICS, AND YOU ARE GOING TO SEE TRADITIONAL EVANGELISTIC TOPICS, 34:25 BUT JUST A SMALL EXAMPLE OF SOME OF THE SERMONS -- THAT EVERY 34:30 SERMON ON EVERY TOPIC HAS A GOSPEL STORY THAT IS CONNECTED 34:33 TO THE TOPIC. EVERY PROPHECY HAS A GOSPEL 34:38 PIECE THAT'S WITH IT. >> NARRATIVE. 34:40 >> OR A NARRATIVE. >> AMEN. 34:43 >> SO WE ARE CONNECTING PEOPLE CONTINUALLY WITH CHRIST, AND 34:46 WHEN WE REVEAL THE SABBATH, YOU KNOW, IT'S WHAT DID JESUS DO 34:50 WITH THE SABBATH? THAT SOUNDS CLICHE, BUT REALLY, 34:54 WE'RE TAKING THAT EMPHASIS -- AND WE'RE NOT 34:59 INVENTING ANYTHING NEW, BUT I THINK IT WILL BE UNIQUE AND A 35:04 FRESH REVELATION OF CHRIST IN EVERY MESSAGE. 35:06 >> ABSOLUTELY. I'M HEARING ALL OF THIS, AND I'M 35:09 THINKING TO MYSELF, IF I'M WATCHING THIS PROGRAM RIGHT NOW, 35:12 AND I'M FROM A DIFFRENT STATE THAN MICHIGAN, YOU KNOW -- TALK 35:18 ABOUT THAT. CAN -- RE OTHER CONFERENCES OR 35:21 OTHER STATES OTHER THAN THE STATE OF MICHIGAN OR THE 35:23 CONFERENCE OF MICHIGAN, CAN THEY GET INVOLVED? 35:26 HOW DO THEY GET INVOLVED? MAYBE TALK MORE ABOUT THAT. 35:31 >> SURE, ABSOLUTELY ALIKE I SAID BEFORE, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO KEEP 35:37 IT IN MICHIGAN. THERE ARE OTHER CHURCHES IN 35:41 OTHER CONFERENCES THAT HAVE DECIDED THEY WANT TO BE WITH US. 35:45 FOR CHURCHES THAT WANT TO PARTICIPATE OR WANT MORE 35:48 INFORMATION, THEY CAN GO TO REGISTER.JESUSONPROPHECY.COM. 35:59 >> AND THAT'S NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH THE GUESTS REGISTERING. 36:03 THIS IS FOR CHURCHES REGISTERING. 36:10 >> SURE. >> SO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT 36:12 THE PROCESS FOR THAT. WHEN A CHURCH REGISTERS, THEY 36:16 ARE GOING TO GET -- WHEN THE WEBSITE IS UP, WHICH IT SHOULD 36:20 BE UP VERY SOON, THEY WILL GET AN EMAIL WITH A LINK TO LOG IN 36:25 TO CREATE USER NAME AND PASS WORD. 36:28 ONCE THAT HAPPENS, THEY WILL BE ABLE TO GET ON THE WEBSITE AND 36:31 SEE ALL OF THE RESOURCES THAT WE'LL HAVE AVAILABLE THERE, SO 36:34 ONCE WE FINISH THE SERMONS AND THE POWERPOINTS, THE SERMONS 36:39 WILL BE THERE. WE HAVE A SPEAKER AND 36:42 COORDINATOR HANDBOOK THAT KIND OF GIVES THE CHURCH STEP BY STEP 36:47 INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO GET READY FOR THE SERIES AND SOME THINGS 36:50 THEY CAN DO. WE'LL HAVE DETAILED INSTRUCTION 36:54 ON EVERY SEGMENT OF THE MEETING, SUCH AS THE GREETERS AND THE 36:59 REGISTRATION. WE'LL HAVE ALL OF THOSE 37:01 DIFFERENT THINGS. WE'LL HAVE A PLACE WHERE THEY 37:03 CAN ORDER RESOURCES. SO WE HAVE A B IN OF RESOURCES. 37:06 WE HAVE A GLOW TRACK THAT WE'RE USING. 37:11 JESUS ON PROPHECY GLOW TRACK, WHICH TELLS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT 37:12 THE SERIES, AND THEY CAN GIVE THESE TO FRIENDS AND FAMILY, AND 37:17 STRANGERS AND WHAT NOT, AND IT GUIDES PEOPLE TO THE WEBSITE, 37:20 WHERE THEY CAN GO TO THE WEBSITE AND THEN PREREGISTER. 37:24 WE ALSO HAVE A PERSONAL INVITATION CARD THAT ON THE BACK 37:27 HAS A LITTLE PARAGRAPH THAT TELLS THEM ABOUT MEETINGS, BUT 37:30 IT ALSO SAYS, HI, MY NAME IS BLANK. 37:34 WELL, THE MEMBER CAN WRITE THEIR NAME IN THERE AND THEIR PHONE 37:38 NUMBER IF THEY WOULD LIKE, AND THEY CAN PERSONALLY INVITE THEM. 37:42 AND IT SAYS PLEASE COME AND BE MY PERSONAL GUEST. 37:45 SO WE HAVE THE GLOW TRACKS, THAT YOU CAN LEAVE, WE HAVE THE 37:52 PERSONAL INVITATION CARD THAT CAN BE MORE OF A CONVERSATION 37:57 PIECE THAT YOU CAN HAVE WITH THE PERSON. 37:59 SO WE HAVE A NUMBER OF RESOURCES CHURCHES CAN ORDER AND OBTAIN. 38:04 WE HAVE DOWNLOADABLE STUFF ON THERE. 38:07 >> SO YOU GUYS COVERED EVERY -- THERE'S NOTHING THAT 38:11 HASN'T BEEN COVERED. >> AMEN. 38:13 >> IN THE SYSTEM, AND I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE GREAT, 38:16 BECAUSE IT'S -- IT'S VERY WELL ORGANIZED -- 38:19 >> RIGHT. >> -- AND IT'S -- WE'LL BE 38:21 PRAYING FOR THOSE MEETINGS FOR SURE. 38:23 AND WE WOULD LIKE TO SOLICIT YOUR PRAYERS FOR THOSE MEETINGS 38:27 AS WELL. EXPECT THE LORD TO MOVE IN A 38:31 MIGHTY MIGHTY WAY. >> THERE IS A PRAYER FEES AS 38:35 WELL, HAVING TO DO WITH PRAYING AND FASTING ONCE A MONTH. 38:38 >> SURE. WE HAVE A VERY IMPORTANT PRAYER 38:41 COMPONENT. AND SO OFTEN I HAVE DONE 38:43 MEETINGS -- I'LL TELL YOU REAL QUICK. 38:46 ONE OF MY EARLY DAYS OF EVANGELISM, THERE'S A LOT OF 38:49 PREPARATION THAT GOES INTO A MEETING MONTHS AND MONTHS AHEAD 38:53 OF TIME. AND WE STARTED ON THIS 38:56 ALMOST -- OVER A YEAR AHEAD OF TIME. 38:59 BUT ONE OF MY VERY FIRST SERIES, THERE WAS A LOT OF WORK TO GET 39:05 DONE, I WAS STRIVING TO GET IT DONE, AND I'LL CONFESS, THAT I 39:10 NEGLECTED TO PRAY AS MUCH AS I SHOULD. 39:12 AND I THOUGHT, THE LORD KNOWS MY HEART. 39:16 HE'LL TAKE CARE OF THAT. SO THE OPENING NIGHT, WE HAD A 39:19 NUMBER OF GUESTS, BUT AT THE END OF THE SERIES, WE HAD NO ONE 39:23 THAT GAVE THEIR LIFE TO THE LORD OR JOINED THE CHURCH, AND I WAS 39:28 SO DISAPPOINTED. AND THE LORD POINTED ME BACK TO 39:31 THE FACT THAT, HEY, YOU DID NOT PRAY. 39:34 YOU DIDN'T REALLY ASK THE CHURCH AS YOU OUGHT TO PRAY. 39:37 SO FOR THIS SERIES, WE WANT TO HAVE THAT PRAYER COMPONENT 39:42 EMPHASIZED. SO WE STARTED IN JANUARY 39:43 ALREADY, BUT THE 23RD OF EVERY MONTH IN OUR CONFERENCE, 23RD 39:48 BECAUSE IT STARTS ON SEPTEMBER 23RD -- 39:50 >> RIGHT. >> UH-HUH. 39:52 >> -- THE 23RD DAY OF EVERY MONTH IS A DAY OF PRAYER AND 39:57 FASTING IN OUR CONFERENCE. SO WE'RE ASKING THE CHURCHES TO 40:00 PUT A SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON PRAYER AND ON FASTING, HOWEVER THEY 40:04 CHOOSE TO DO THAT PERSONALLY, IT'S UP TO THEM. 40:08 BUT TO FAST FROM SOMETHING. FOOD, OR FACEBOOK OR WHATEVER. 40:12 BUT WE'RE FASTING FROM SOMETHING, AND USING THAT EXTRA 40:15 TIME FOR PRAYER. SO WE ALSO HAVE DEVELOPED THIS 40:19 PRAYER CARD THAT ON ONE SIDE OF THE CARD, IT HAS A UNITED CHURCH 40:22 PLAN THAT GIVES THE CHURCHES AN OPTION -- OPTIONS FOR A PRAYER 40:27 PLAN IN THEIR LOCAL CHURCH. ON THE OTHER SIDE, IT'S A 40:31 PERSONAL PRAYER PLAN, AND SO WE'VE PUT FIVE BLANK LINES HERE 40:35 WHERE PEOPE CAN WRITE IN THE NAME OF PEOPLE -- SEVERAL NAMES 40:40 OF PEOPLE THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO INVITE TO THE EVANGELISTIC 40:44 SERIES, AND THEN PRAYING FOR THOSE PEOPLE EVERY DAY FOR 40:47 MONTHS, AND THA WILL KIND OF GO-pALONG WITH -- WHICH WE'LL TAL ABOUT IN A MOMENT -- OUR 40:56 MULTI-POINT INVITATION PLAN. SO THIS PRAYER PLAN, WE PUT THAT 40:59 SPECIAL EMPHASIS, BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT THESE MEETINGS GOING 41:04 ON WITHOUT LOTS OF PRAYER AHEAD OF TIME AND DURING. 41:08 >> YOU TALKED ABOUT BEING DISAPPOINTED BECAUSE NOBODY 41:12 JOINED THE CHURCH AT THAT PARTICULAR TIME, BUT, YOU KNOW, 41:15 IN GOD'S WORD, HE SAYS MY WORD WILL NOT RETURN VOID, SO WHO 41:21 KNOWS WHAT HAPPENED AFTER THEY LEFT. 41:24 THE SEED HAD BEEN PLANTED AND MAYBE DECIDED AFTER BEING AT 41:26 THAT MEETING, YOU KNOW WHAT, I NEED A CHANGE IN MY LIFE. 41:30 I NEED TO ACCEPT CHRIST. AND MAYBE THEY NEED AFTER THAT. 41:34 >> ABSOLUTELY. AND I HAVE SEEN THAT HAPPEN MANY 41:37 TIMES. SO WE HAVE A NUMBER OF RALLIES 41:40 THAT WE'RE DOING FOR THE CHURCHES. 41:43 WE HAVE TRAININGS THAT ARE TAKING PLACE. 41:46 WE HAVE THE PRAYER FOCUS, AND THE WEBSITE WITH THE 41:51 PREREGISTRATION, EVEN -- THE CHURCHES CAN TRACK THE 41:54 ATTENDANCE OF THEIR MEETINGS RIGHT ON THE WEBSITE. 41:56 >> WAS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU TRAIN THEM -- WHEN YOU DO THE 42:00 TRAINING, WHAT DOES THAT ENTAIL? WHAT ARE SOME OF THE ASPECTS 42:03 THAT YOU FOCUS ON WHEN YOU ARE TRAINING SOMEONE FOR SOMETHING 42:06 LIKE THIS? >> SURE. 42:07 SURE. WE GIVE THEM THE CALENDAR FROM 42:10 THE EARLY DAYS OF PREPARATION FOR THE SERIES. 42:13 I TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE COMPONENTS OF DURING THE 42:16 MEETING, HOW TO HAVE GREETERS AND REGISTRATION. 42:19 WE TALK ABOUT THE WEBSITE AND HOW THE USERS CAN USE THE 42:22 WEBSITE. WE ALSO DO SPEAKER TRAINING. 42:24 >> OH, WOW. >> THOSE WHO ARE LAY PREACHERS 42:27 CAN COME AND THEY KIND OF PRACTICE THEIR SERMONS AND LEARN 42:30 HOW TO EDIT THE SERMONS. THE SERMONS THAT WE'RE PUTTING 42:34 TOGETHER ARE GOING TO BE FULLY EDITABLE. 42:37 BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND THAT EVERYBODY NEEDS TO PREACH IN 42:40 THEIR OWN ARMOR. THE LORD MAY IMPRESS THEM OF 42:45 OTHER THINGS. THERE ARE 25 SERMONS IN THE 42:49 SERIES, SO -- YOU KNOW, THEY WILL HAVE THE POWER POINTS, THE 42:54 MANUSCRIPT, THEY WILL HAVE THE NOTES ON -- ON THE SLIDE THAT 42:57 THEY WILL BE ABLE TO READ. WE HAVE NEW GRAPHICS THAT WE'RE 43:01 USING, SOME PRETTY AWESOME GRAPHICS, SO SOME OF THE 43:05 EVANGELISTIC SERIES I HAVE SEEN -- YOU KNOW, THE SLIDES ARE 43:08 LIKE FROM THE 60S, YOU KNOW, PICTURES. 43:12 SO WE'RE GETTING RID OF ALL OF THAT. 43:15 [ LAUGHTER ] >> WE HAVE HAD SOME NEW ARTWORK 43:17 DONE. SO I'M PRETTY EXCITED. 43:19 >> PRAISE THE LORD. >> WE STRIVE FOR PRETTY THOROUGH 43:24 TRAINING. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME OUR 43:26 CONFERENCE HAS BEEN THROUGH A CONFERENCE-WIDE SERIES, SO THEY 43:30 ARE KIND OF USED TO THE ROUTINE NOW, BUT THERE ARE ALWAYS NEW 43:34 PEOPLE WHO ARE GETTING INVOLVED. SO WE WANT TO GIVE THEM WHAT 43:37 THEY NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL. >> I LOVE THE UNITY. 43:41 >> YES, IT IS AWESOME. PASTOR MAYBE YOU CAN TALK ABOUT 43:44 SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOUR CHURCHES ARE EXCITED ABOUT. 43:48 >> YEAH, WHAT I APPRECIATE BEING A PASTOR IN THIS FIELD, IS THIS 43:52 IS SOMETHING THAT IS STRONGLY ENCOURAGED, BUT IT IS NOT 43:58 DICTATED. THERE IS NOBODY BREATHING DOWN 44:00 YOUR NECK SHAKING YOUR FINGER AT YOU, YOU WILL DO THIS, YOU WILL 44:04 GET IN LINE. YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO DIRECTIVE 44:07 THAT IS ISSUED. IT'S ENCOURAGEMENT, RIGHT? 44:11 AND AS WE STUDY TOGTHER AND PRAY TOGETHER, WHY AS A PASTOR 44:15 WOULD I NOT WANT TO DO EVANGELISM? 44:19 IF I'M FEELING THAT CALL TO WIN SOULS, I'M GOING TO WANT TO 44:24 PARTICIPATE. SO FOR A PASTOR IN THE FIELD, 44:26 OUR GUYS APPRECIATE THAT NOBODY IS PRESSURING YOU TO DO THIS, 44:30 AND I LOVE WORKING IN THE METRO DETROIT AREA, BECAUSE WE HAVE 44:33 THE BLESSING OF PROXIMITY. A LOT OF PASTORS ARE KIND OF OFF 44:38 TO THEIR OWN SELF JUST BECAUSE OF PROXIMITY. 44:41 WE HAVE THE BLESSING OF PROXIMITY, AND WE LOVE DOING 44:45 THINGS TOGETHER. SO HAVING OUR CONFERENCE BUY 44:48 INTO THAT SPIRIT OF COOPERATION, SHARED EVANGELISM DOLLARS, 44:52 SHARED ADVERTISING DOLLARS, THAT RELIEVES A LOT OF BURDEN OFF OF 44:57 SOMETHING AS ELDER POINTED OUT EARLIER -- I COULD NOT DO AT A 45:04 LOCAL CHURCH LEVEL. SO I'M JUST SCREAMING AND 45:06 SHOUTING, LET'S DO IT. LET'S GET BEHIND THIS, AND TO ME 45:12 IT WOULD BE FOOLISH NOT TO AVAIL MYSELF OF THE OPPORTUNITY THAT 45:17 HAS BEEN AFFORDED TO ME. >> PASTOR TALKED ABOUT HIS 45:23 PERSPECTIVE, BUT FROM A CONFERENCE LEVEL, WHAT WE LOVE 45:26 IS THAT WE HAVE A CONFERENCE FULL OF CHURCHES THAT INVOLVE 45:30 EVANGELISM, AND THAT WANT TO BE A PART, AND THEY ARE EXCITED. 45:35 CURRENTLY WE HAVE A LITTLE OVER 130 SITES THAT ARE PREPARING TO 45:40 PARTICIPATE IN JESUS ON PROPHECY. 45:41 >> WOW. >> SO THAT'S THOUSANDS OF CHURCH 45:44 MEMBERS THAT ARE GETTING ACTIVE AND INVOLVED IN THEIR CHURCHES 45:47 AND THEIR COMMUNITIES IN PREPARATION FOR THE SERIES, SO 45:52 THAT'S WHERE IT GETS REALLY EXCITING. 45:54 AND THE TESTIMONIES -- I MEAN, WHEN WE DID UNLOCK REVELATION, 46:00 WE HAD MORE LAY INVOLVEMENT THAN EVER BEFORE. 46:02 AND JUST TO SEE THE TESTIMONY OF THE MEMBERS, THEY HAD RENEWAL 46:08 AND REVIVAL IN THEIR OWN LIFE. THE MESSAGE IS SO POWERFUL, AND 46:13 EVERY TIME IT IS PREACHED -- SOMETIMES THERE ARE 46:15 PEOPLE THAT COME MR MRIEN -- COMPLAIN, WELL, HOW 46:23 COME WE DON'T DO SOMETHING NEW? AND I SAID IT'S FOR THE 46:27 COMMUNITY. BUT IF YOU EVER REACH THE POINT 46:29 WHERE YOU ARE TIRED OF HEARING IT, IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO START 46:34 PREACHING IT. I SAY YOU ARE GOING TO BE THE 46:38 NEXT SPEAKER FOR THIS SITE. WHEN YOU PREACH IT, IT GIVES A 46:45 WHOLE NEW LEVEL OF PASSION AND EXCITEMENT. 46:47 >> AMEN. I WANT TO GO A LITTLE DEEPER 46:50 INTO THE PREWORK PROCESS. SO PREWORK IS OBVIOUSLY VITALLY 46:57 IMPORTANT BEFORE YOU GET TO THAT REAPING EVENT. 46:59 SO WHAT DO YOU ENCOURAGE AS FAR AS THE DIFFERENT METHODS OR 47:04 APPROACH TO PRE-WORK IN PREPARING FOR THAT EVANGELISTIC 47:09 SERIES? >> SURE. 47:10 IT ALL GOES BACK TO THAT CYCLE.-PREPARING THE SOIL, THAT VERY FIRST PHASE, WHERE WE TRY TO DO 47:18 A LOT OF COMMUNITY-BASED EVENTS,-COMPASSION PROJECTS, AND HELTH PROGRAMS, AND WE DO -- YOU KNOW, 47:25 FEEDING THE HOMELESS, AND WE DO -- YOU KNOW, GOING OUT ON THE 47:29 STREETS, AND, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE PROJECTS OUR YOUTH 47:31 DEPARTMENT IS DOING IN MICHIGAN IS THEY ARE DOING A WONDERFUL 47:34 THING IN DETROIT -- WHY DON'T YOU TALK ABOUT THAT. 47:37 >> WELL, AS SOON AS YOU STARTED HEADING DOWN THAT WAY, I STARTED 47:41 GETTING EXCITED. [ LAUGHTER ] 47:43 >> OUR NEW YOUTH DIRECTOR, CHAD BERNARD, HE JUST VISITED WITH 47:48 OUR DETROIT AREA PASTORS FOR MICHIGAN CONFERENCE THIS PAST 47:51 MONDAY, AND WE'RE PLANNING FOR AN EVENT THE END OF JULY, WHERE 47:55 WE'RE GOING TO HOLD A STATEWIDE YOUTH EVENT WHERE THE YOUTH ARE 48:00 INVITED TO COME, BUT WHAT MAKES THIS DIFFERENCE THAN JUST A RAW, 48:05 RAW, RALLY, AND GO HOME FOR NOTHING, IS THE YOUNG PEOPLE 48:09 THAT COME WILL HAVE TO REGISTER AND PAY A REGISTRATION FEE, THAT 48:15 WILL BE USED TO GO INTO THE COMMUNITY -- WE HAVEN'T DECIDED 48:19 THE COMMUNITY YET, BUT WE'RE GOING TO TALK TO THE COMMUNITY 48:28 LEADERS AND SAY HELP US IDENTIFY BETWEEN FIVE AND TEN FAMILIES 48:33 THAT NEED SOMETHING DONE TO THEIR HOME THAT WE CAN HELP 48:37 WITH? SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO TO MAKE 48:40 A HOME SAFER, OR BEAUTIFIED OR FIX SOMETHING UP. 48:44 AND THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE WILL BE DIVIDED INTO THOSE TEAMS WITH 48:48 EXPERIENCED FOREMANS, AND THE MONEY THAT THEY REGISTERED THAT 48:52 MONEY IS PUT TO WORK TO REFURBISHING THIS PERSON'S HOME. 48:57 AND WE'RE TRYING TO TARGET COMMUNITY MEMBERS. 49:01 NOT CHURCH MEMBERS. IT'S GET INTO THE 49:04 COMMUNITY -- IT'S PUTTING LEGS ON THE GOSPEL -- AND THANK YOU 49:07 FOR HANDING THAT ONE TO ME. I'M EXCITED. 49:10 I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE IT HAPPEN. >> THAT IS HUGE. 49:13 >> THIS IS ALL PART OF THAT PREPARING THE SOIL. 49:18 AND BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS. BUT ONE OF THE TRAPS THAT OUR 49:23 CHURCHES ARE FALLING INTO NOW, IS THAT ONLY HONE IN ON THAT 49:26 PHASE OF THE CYCLE. MANY CHURCHES YEARS AGO -- MAYBE 49:31 THE '70S, '80S, '90S, WE DID A LOT OF HARVESTING. 49:38 AND THAT'S GREAT, BUT WE WEREN'T FOCUSING IN ON THE OTHER PHASES. 49:43 NOW WE HAVE CHURCHES THAT ARE FOCUSING IN ON THAT PREPARING 49:47 THE SOIL PHASE. DOING COMPASSION PROJECTS AND 49:52 THESE DIFFERENT THINGS, WHICH ARE IMPORTANT, BUT THEN THEY ARE 49:56 NOT OFTEN MOVING TOWARDS THAT HARVEST, OFFERING THOSE PEOPLE 50:01 BIBLE STUDIES WHEN THEIR HEARTS ARE SOFTENED AND THE CULTIVATING 50:06 OR THE TRUTH PLANTING WHERE WE'RE SHARING GLOW TRACKS AND 50:10 LITERATURE, SO THEY SOFTEN THE HEART, THEY GET EXCITED, BUT 50:18 THEY ARE NOT MOVED INTO THE NEXT SPIRITUAL PHASE. 50:20 SO ALL OF THOSE PIECES HAVE BEEN GOING ON, AND ONE OF THE THINGS 50:26 THAT WE DID IN ONE OF MY CHURCHES IS WE CALLED IT ADULTS, 50:30 WHERE WE ARE TARGETING YOUNG ADULTS AND TEACHING THEM 50:35 PRACTICAL ELEMENTS OF LIVING. FINANCE, RELATIONSHIPS, RESUME 50:39 BUILDING, AND ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT THINGS. 50:41 SO WE HAVE A THREE-DAY LITTLE SEMINAR AT THE LIBRARY, AND WE 50:47 TARGETED IN OUR MAILING YOUNG ADULTS. 50:51 AND IT WAS A REALLY COOL FLYER. AND WE DID A FAILING OF 5,000 50:58 CARDS, AND WE HAD ALMOST 30 YOUNG MILLENNIALS AT THAT EVENT. 51:04 AND WE HAD FIVE TOPICS EACH DAY, AND WE WOULD THEN INVITE THEM TO 51:09 STAY BEHIND AND TALK TO US, AND THE LIBRARY HAD TO KICK US OUT, 51:15 BECAUSE THEY WERE STAYING THERE SO LONG, THEY WERE SO 51:18 INTERESTED. SO MEETING THOSE NEEDS. 51:21 CHRIST METHOD ALONE, WHERE HE -MINGLED, SYMPATHIZED, AND THEN WHEN THE TIME CAME WHEN HE SAID 51:29 COME FOLLOW ME. AND SO WE DON'T JUST WANT TO 51:33 BUILD THE RELATIONSHIPS, WE WANT TO INVITE THEM INTO THAT 51:39 SPIRITUAL ASPECT OF BIBLE STUDY, LITERATURE, AND THOSE PUBLIC 51:43 MEETINGS, WHERE THEY CAN MAKE THE DECISION TO FOLLOW JESUS. 51:46 >> I LOVE THAT. I LOVE THE THAT YOU ARE MEETING 51:49 PEOPLE'S NEEDS. BECAUSE SOMETIMES YOU WILL SEE 51:53 CASES WHERE SOMEBODY IS COLD, AND THEY DON'T HAVE A COAT, AND 51:56 SOMEBODY SAYS TO THEM, I'LL PRAY FOR YOU BROTHER. 52:00 I HAVE SEVERAL COATS IN THE CL 52:04 CLOSET, I'LL PRAY FOR YOU. PRAYER WITHOUT ACTION -- YOU 52:07 HAVE TO PRAY AND CONTACT ON -- ON THAT. 52:09 SO I LOVE THAT YOU -- YOU ARE MEETING PEOPLE'S NEEDS. 52:14 IT'S PRACTICAL CHRISTIANITY. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 52:16 >> IT GOES BACK TO MATTHEW 25, WHERE CHRIST SAID IF YOU HAVE 52:23 DONE IT TO THE LEAST OF THESE MY BROTHER, YOU HAVE DONE IT FOR 52:28 HIM. SO YOU ARE EXACTLY RIGHT. 52:30 >> SO THERE'S MULTIPLE ELEMENTS TO THAT PREWORK. 52:35 IF WE WERE JUST GOING TO SAY ON SEPTEMBER 23RD, WE'RE GOING TO 52:39 HAVE THESE PUBLIC MEETINGS, WE WOULDN'T HAVE THE IMPACT. 52:46 >> SO REALISTICALLY, HOW MANY MONTHS IN ADVANCE, SOMEONE WHO 52:50 REALLY WANTED TO DO IT RIGHT, WHAT IS THE TIME FRAME THAT YOU 52:55 LOOK FOR FROM BEGINNING TO END AS FAR AS THIS PARTICULAR 52:58 PROCESS? >> SURE. 53:00 WELL, WE REALLY STARTED PUTTING A HEAVY EMPHASIS ON IT IN 53:05 JANUARY, BUT IT'S NOT TOO LATE. CHURCHES CAN STILL BE INVOLVED 53:09 AND PARTICIPATE, AND REALLY, EVEN IF A CHURCH JUST HEARD 53:12 ABOUT IT IN AUGUST, AND THEY SAID, OH, MAN, WE DIDN'T KNOW 53:16 ABOUT THIS, BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO BE INVOLVED, THEY WILL STILL SEE 53:20 A BLESSING. >> ABSOLUTELY. 53:22 >> THE EARLIER YOU PREPARE FOR IT, THE GREATER THE BLESSING, 53:27 BUT, YOU KNOW, IT IS NEVER TOO EARLY OR TOO LATE TO REALLY 53:30 START, BECAUSE THAT CYCLE IS A CYCLE. 53:33 IT'S NOT AN EVENT. >> IT'S A WAY OF LIFE. 53:36 >> IT'S A WAY OF LIFE. IT NEVER ENDS. 53:39 IT JUST CONTINUES TO SICKLE AROUND AND REPEAT ITSELF. 53:43 SO ANY CHURCH -- THEY WOULDN'T BE LEFT OUT IF THEY WERE 53:46 STARTING NOW OR ANY TIME IN THE FUTURE. 53:49 >> AMEN. AMEN. 53:50 I KNOW WE'RE USING A REPEAT AND ENLARGE METHOD FOR THIS 53:57 INTERVIEW. WE BRIEFLY MENTIONED THE 54:00 SEVEN-POINT INVITATIONAL SYSTEM THAT YOU GUYS TALKED ABOUT, 54:03 COULD YOU GIVE MORE DETAIL ON WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE AS FAR 54:07 AS INVITING PEOPLE ON A MULTIPLE POINT SCALE 54:11 >> SURE IT'S A SPECIFIC ATTACK RIGHT TOWARDS -- ABOUT SIX WEEKS 54:16 OUT FROM THE MEETINGS. AND THE MEMBERS WILL HAVE A 54:19 CARD, AND THEY BEGIN TO -- THE FIRST INVITATION IS THEY JUT 54:23 MENTION THE MEETINGS TO THE PERSON. 54:26 HEY, THERE ARE SOME MEETINGS COMING UP THAT I THINK YOU WOULD 54:30 BE INTERESTED IN. AND THEN MAYBE THEY GIVE THEM A 54:36 GLOW TRACK. AND THEN AN INVITATION CARD. 54:39 SO IT'S A STEP BY STEP PROCESS, WHERE EACH TIME THEY ARE 54:45 INVITED, THEY EXPAND THAT. ULTIMATELY THEY GIVE THEM THE 54:48 HANDBILL AND THEY INVITE THEM TO PREREGISTER FOR THE MEETINGS, 54:52 AND BY THAT TIME THE MEMBER IS WELL FAMILIAR WITH IT, AND IT 54:56 JUST INCREASES THE CHANCE THAT THAT PERSON WILL ATTEND. 54:59 WE DON'T WANT TO BE OBNOXIOUS AND ANNOYING, BUT WE WANT THEM 55:05 TO BE INVOLVED. ANOTHER THING IS A CELL PHONE 55:09 TEXTING PLAN, WHERE PEOPLE CAN TEXT THE MULTIMEDIA GRAPHICS AND 55:14 ALL OF THAT. SO THEY WILL HAVE THAT 55:16 OPPORTUNITY AS WELL. >> PASTOR BENTLEY DID YOU WANT 55:20 TO SAY SOMETHING? >> I WAS THINKING BACK ON THE 55:24 TIMING TO PREPARE THE MEETINGS, OBVIOUS THE MORE TIME THE 55:30 BETTER, BUT MY VERY FIRST MEETING, WHEN I GOT THERE, THEY 55:34 TOLD ME, WE WERE PLANNING TO DO MEETINGS IN THREE WEEKS. 55:38 AND OF COURSE MY HEART SANK, AND I'M THINKING I'M FRESH OUT OF 55:43 SOUTHERN, MY FIRST ASSINMENT, HOW AM I GOING TO DO THIS? 55:46 SO I STARTED MAKING PHONE CALLS TO THE TEAM IN PLACE AT THAT 55:50 TIME, THIS IS WHAT THE CHURCH IS TELLING ME, HELP. 55:57 AND THEY GAVE ME PHONE NUMBERS AND THE LORD BLESSED AND THE 56:03 MEETING WENT ON, AND WE WERE BLESSED WITH EIGHT SOULS. 56:07 SO YES, MORE TIME IS BETTER, BUT DO SOMETHING. 56:11 COMMIT YOURSELF TO THIS WORK, AND GOD WILL BLESS YOU. 56:14 >> AMEN. >> WE DON'T WANT TO JUST DO 56:18 MEETINGS, BUT WE WANT TO DO FOLLOW-UP. 56:21 >> VERY, VERY QUICKLY. THERE IS ALWAYS A PHASE 2. 56:24 THE PEOPLE THA COME, THEY MAY NOT BE READY TO MAKE A DECISION. 56:28 WE HAE TO HAVE A PLAN TO FOLLOW THAT UP, AND THAT'S AN IMPORTANT 56:32 PART OF THE PROCESS AS WELL. BUT WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT 56:35 ANOTHER TIME. >> YEAH, I WISH WE HAD MORE 56:39 TIME, BECAUSE THERE IS DEFINITELY MORE I WOULD LIKE TO 56:43 COVER WITH YOU GUYS. I LOVE WHAT YOU ARE DOING, AND 56:47 GETTING THE COMMUNITY INVOLVED. RYAN IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE 56:50 WORKING WITH YOU AS WELL. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH PASTER 56:59 PEPPERS AND PAST SNYMAN. AND PASTOR BENTLEY. 57:06 AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. GOD BLESS YOU, UNTIL NEXT TIME. |
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